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To date there are 142 reports in the database. To browse them, just select from the right the category of reports in which you are interested.

Alternatively, you can search for specific items using the search box below, and you can further  narrow and filter your search by combing your search terms with the checkbox options below:

• Boat Type

  • Drogue
    • Buckets
    • BUORD – 9' diam
    • Galerider
    • Jordan Series Drogue
    • milk churns & similar items
    • Para-Tech Delta
    • Parachute – 5' diam
    • Parachute – 9' diam
    • Plastic cones
    • Rigged sail
    • Sea cone – 18" – 24" diam
    • Sea cone – 36" diam
    • Sea cone – 4' diam
    • Seabrake
    • SeaSquid
    • Shewmon
    • Warps, tires & misc objects
  • Sea Anchor
    • BUORD – 12' diam
    • BUORD – 9' diam
    • Parachute – 10'-14' diam
    • Parachute – 15'-19' diam
    • Parachute – 20'-24' diam
    • Parachute – 25'-29' diam
    • Parachute – 30'-34' diam
    • Parachute – 9' diam
    • Sea Cone – 7' diam
    • Shewmon – 5' diam

• Length of Boat

  • Catamaran
    • Bailey
    • Catalac
    • Catana
    • Crowther
    • CSK
    • Edel
    • Gemini
    • Island Spirit
    • Kelsall
    • Lagoon
    • MacGregor
    • Other
    • Prout
    • Searunner
    • Shuttleworth
    • Stiletto
    • Wharram
  • Monohull
    • AeroRig
    • Cal
    • Camper Nicholson
    • Canoe
    • Carter
    • Contessa
    • Contest
    • Ericson
    • Gulf Island
    • Hinckley Bermuda
    • Hunter
    • Irwin
    • Islander
    • J-30
    • Mason
    • Morgan
    • Nor'Sea 27
    • Norseman
    • Other – Bermudan Cutter
    • Other – Bermudan Ketch
    • Other – Bermudan Sloop
    • Other – Gaff Rigged Ketch
    • Other – Schooner
    • Other — Yawls
    • Pilot Cutter
    • Roberts Motor Sailing Ketch
    • Rowing boat
    • Superstar
    • Tayana
    • Vancouver Cutter
  • Power Vessel
    • Fishing Vessel
  • Trimaran
    • Condor
    • Cross
    • Custom built
    • Farriar
    • Horstman Tristar Ketch
    • Kantola
    • Kelsall
    • Kismet
    • Newick Val
    • Other – Racing
    • Piver
    • Searunner
    • Shuttleworth
    • Simpson

• Keel Style

  • 20'-24'
  • 25'-29'
  • 30'-34'
  • 35'-39'
  • 40'-44'
  • 45'-49'
  • 50'-54'
  • 55'-59'
  • 60'-64'
  • 65'-69'
  • 70'-74'
  • 75'-79'
• • Fin – shallow, wide
  • Fin – standard
  • Full
  • Full, cutaway forefoot
  • Lifting centerboard / daggerboard
  • None
  • Swing keel

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